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The “How To” of Training Your Dog to Accept the Collar and Leash
The "How To" of Training Your Dog to Accept the Collar and Leash

The dog collar and the dog leash are the most important tools to train your dog in how to fit into human society. As you know not all humans are dog lovers. So it is our responsibility, as owners, to teach our dogs how to respect the human boundaries. This in turn will also teach our human friends to respect the canine as part of everyday life. This also keeps our dogs safe and secure in their surroundings as we share our everyday life, play time and travel time with them. Here are a few guidelines for training your dog to wear a collar and leash.

When your puppy is about 4 to 6 weeks old, he or she should be old enough to wear their first collar, make sure it is light weight.

 At this time show the leash to him, leave it around where he can sniff and …

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Rescued Dogs Are Angels In Disguise
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Are you one of the 80% whose home is also home to a dog or cat? I am. I have had a dog in my life since I was in college and each one has been extra special. I am one of those pet owners who celebrates their pets birthdays. One who buys their pets and their friends’ pets gifts at Christmas. So it is no surprise that at the death of each dog, I took the loss hard. But when I lost two dogs within two weeks of each other one summer, the grief was overwhelming.

Our dog Fox was diagnosed with Mast Cell Tumors. The prognosis was not good but we went with the surgery and were among the lucky ones. He bounced right back and we had him for another three years. Then our luck ran out. He became very ill, very quickly and knowing …

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Bringing Your Dogs On Planes - Exactly What People Should Know
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Thinking about bringing your canine friend on a commercial airline anytime down the road? We’ve searched the airline’s service fees and safety records as they related to pets to give you the additional facts you need before you book that next trip. With a little preparation, taking dogs on planes can be less expensive and much less of a hassle!

Carry-on or Checked?

The first question you should ask yourself is whether or not you’ll be carrying your canine friend on the flight with you or checking him and putting him in the hands of the airline to be carried in the plane’s cargo area. This decision typically will come down to size, with there currently being simply no choice but to check larger dogs on aircraft.

Carrying your Doggie on with You

Traveling dog owners with dogs small enough (each airline has varying rules regarding this) have …

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Beware - Dogs and Vegetables - A Lethal Combination
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There are dogs and puppies that like to chew on different kinds of vegetables. It may be a way to clean their teeth or they do it just for fun. Be very careful with this attitude, your dog may poison itself and die. People have taken to study home remedies that will help in these situations because their pets have had accidents before or they just want to know what to do when it happens.

For example dogs like to chew on raw, hard vegetables like carrots or broccoli this is fine but eating tomatoes or raw potatoes will cause your dog to shake like a leaf, stomach pains and contractions and a rapid and dangerous heart beat. Corn on the cob would also be adequate for your dog to clean his teeth with and scratch its gums with it. The cob is extremely dangerous and the pieces …

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Pets & AnimalA pet or companion animal is an animal kept mostly for a person’s firm or protection, as opposed to operating animals , sport animals , livestock , and laboratory animals , which are kept mainly for functionality, agricultural value, or analysis. The most popular pets are noted for their eye-catching appearances and their loyal or playful personalities.

On the grounds of public safety, there is no justification for banning these animals. All animals can bite! Just due to the fact an animal is listed right here doesn’t mean it can’t send you to the hospital, just as legal domesticated dogs and cats can. Any animal of a particular size is also capable of killing infants and young children, or even frail adult humans.

On the other hand, for all my protests, 1 never ever knows if, when the day comes that I am also old to wing it to Paris …

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